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The sentry captured Antigone burying Polyneices and brought her to Creon
Capture the law breaker is what the sentry plans to do in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry fears Theban King Creon's temper. He knows that he will be tortured and killed if the real law breaker is not caught. He plans to stake out the area where the bodies of the disloyal Theban dead are exposed until he witnesses the perpetrator in the act.
Because the guards saw her burying the body and Creon told the sentry to figure out who had buried the body and defied his orders or the sentry would be the one serving the death penalty.
Compassion and respect are what the sentry feels for Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry expresses compassion when he likens Theban Princess Antigone's pain to that of a mother bird who finds who babies stolen from the nest. He is respectful when he describes how Antigone tries to give her brother Polyneices' body his funereal due. He mentions that aspects of partial burying and of complete anointing.
Antigone. Sentry sees Antigone bury her brother, Polyneices, and is appalled. He takes her to Creon who says that is Antigone is involved in this crime, her sister, Ismene must be following too!
The sentry captured Antigone burying Polyneices and brought her to Creon
Capture the law breaker is what the sentry plans to do in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry fears Theban King Creon's temper. He knows that he will be tortured and killed if the real law breaker is not caught. He plans to stake out the area where the bodies of the disloyal Theban dead are exposed until he witnesses the perpetrator in the act.
Because the guards saw her burying the body and Creon told the sentry to figure out who had buried the body and defied his orders or the sentry would be the one serving the death penalty.
Compassion and respect are what the sentry feels for Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry expresses compassion when he likens Theban Princess Antigone's pain to that of a mother bird who finds who babies stolen from the nest. He is respectful when he describes how Antigone tries to give her brother Polyneices' body his funereal due. He mentions that aspects of partial burying and of complete anointing.
Antigone. Sentry sees Antigone bury her brother, Polyneices, and is appalled. He takes her to Creon who says that is Antigone is involved in this crime, her sister, Ismene must be following too!
It is to a mother bird that the sentry compares Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry describes Theban Princess Antigone's pain on finding her brother's body exposed once more. He explains that the removal of the layer of dust from Polyneices' body distresses Antigone. He likens her plight to that of a mother bird returning to the nest and finding all her chicks gone.
It is Antigone that the sentry captures and brings before Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon announces that the disloyal Theban dead will be denied their god-given rights as Thebans to below ground burials. He assigns sentries to guard the unburied bodies. The sentries catch Princess Antigone in the act of giving her brother Polyneices' body a second partial burial and anointing.
The guard and sentry report it to him.
The sentry captured Antigone burying Polyneices and brought her to Creon
It is by describing her vulnerability and cooperativenessthat the sentry's speech creates sympathy for Antigone in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry likens Antigone finding Polyneices' body exposed once more to a mother bird finding her chicks taken from the nest. He mentions her devotion to carrying out burial procedures and funeral rites as best she can. He stresses that Antigone does not put up a fight or make his job any harder than it already is.
He orders the sentry to find out who is burying polyneices because he had strict orders to not bury him. Then the sentry brings Creon's niece Antigone in and sentences her to death.
Compassion and relief are the sentry's feelings when he delivers Antigone to Creon in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the sentry demonstrates compassion in describing Theban Princess Antigone's pain at the sight of her brother Polyneices' re-exposed body. He exhibits relief in finding the law breaker. He knows that he will not be tortured or killed just because hot-tempered King Creon cannot find the actual perpetrator.